“We did that in the context of the Gang of Eight bill [in the Senate],” Jindal said of a 2013 op-ed that supported a possible pathway to citizenship. “We were trying to rally conservatives to stop that bad bill, and they did, to their credit.”

The Clinton campaign disputes that it will be the first major Latino fundraiser but sources familiar with the planning say it wants the event to be a big deal. Some donors say they want more love from the campaign and feel squeezed by the lack of $500 donation levels.

In a local interview Monday, Hillary Clinton said she supported marriage equality “as a right, not to be given or taken away by states” as soon as she left the State Department. However, she told NPR in 2014 that “for me, marriage has always been a matter left to the states.”

“We stopped ourselves from going over a cliff.” Since Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of New Orleans 10 years ago, the city has changed in big, gentrifying ways. And Mayor Mitch Landrieu, for one, is proud of it.